HOT DATES / PENINSULA

Published 4:00 am, Friday, April 13, 2001

THEY SHOULD EAT THEIR WHEATIES

Combine the grace of Fred Astaire, the artistry of Michelle Kwan and the athletic power of Shaquille O'Neal. What do you get -- besides a very scary looking individual? All the components of a great Dancesport competitor. Recently recognized by the International Olympic Committee, the sport combines ballroom dancing, visual artistry and athletic technique. See what all the fuss is about at this weekend's San Francisco Open Dancesport Championships. Kids, amateurs and professionals will compete for a ticket to the nationals in Miami.

Elite runners start the first wave of Bay to Breakers 2018San Francisco Chronicle

Coyote trots around Golden Gate parkTed Andersen, SFGATE

TO SEE. . .

See romance and revelry on stage at Foothill Theater Conservatory's "Shakespeare's Lovers." Opening tonight, the one-act play's got it all -- a compilation of scenes, songs and sonnets that explore Shakespeare's views of love. Foothill students serve as actors, directors and musicians making it a true labor of -- yep, you guessed it.

See "hilarious comedy" -- if they do say so themselves -- in the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival's "Shakespeare's in Town." The festival's actors make their way down the coast to Pacifica to give a 50-minute performance of scenes from "Twelfth Night" followed by a Q&A session for the audience.

BARE, NAKED LADIES

That would be bare, naked ladies lying in water in photographs by James Stanley Daugherty. Opening today, his new exhibit, "Water Stories," shows work done in California and Hawaii over the last 10 years. According to the press release, "Water permeates these images as trickles, torrents and oceans. The local beaches and exotic vistas serve not as scenery, but as the context for a modern mythology. James has always felt that clothing dates an image and fixes it into a particular time and place." Guess he doesn't like his models wearing wetsuits.

A TISKET, A TASKET

A green-and-yellow basket -- brimming with springtime fun for kids ages 3-7 at this weekend's "Hippity Hop." With the oh-so-cheerful theme of "Brimming Baskets of Fun!" the hare-raising event offers live entertainment, arts and crafts, a petting zoo, "a hunt for special surprises" -- and carrot tasting. That's one way to make your kids eat their vegetables.